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2006 Clásico RCN
The 46th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from October 15 to October 22, 2006, in Colombia. The stage race with an Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI rate of 2.3 started in Buenaventura, Colombia, Buenaventura and finished in Cali. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" – one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation. Stages 2006-10-15: Buenaventura, Colombia, Buenaventura – Cali (123 km) 2006-10-16: Cali – Buga, Valle del Cauca, Buga (116 km) 2006-10-17: Tuluá – Villamaría (188 km) 2006-10-18: Manizales – Sabaneta, Antioquia, Sabaneta (180 km) 2006-10-19: Itagüí – Pereira, Colombia, Pereira (196.9 km) 2006-10-20: Pereira, Colombia, Pereira – Armenia, Colombia, Armenia (44.8 km) 2006-10-21: Calarcá, Quindío, Calarcá – Ibagué (156.4 km) 2006-10-22: El Espinal, Tolima, Espinal – Bogotá (157.7 km) Final classification Teams ;Lotería de Boyacá — Coordinadora * ''Director Deportivo'': José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Alberto González
Javier Alberto González Barrera (born 13 November 1979 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian former professional cyclist, best known for winning the 2006 Clásico RCN. Major results ;2003 :1st Stage 2 2003 Clásico RCN, Clásico RCN ;2006 :1st Overall 2006 Clásico RCN, Clásico RCN ::1st Stage 3 :1st Stage 3 Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa : 2006 Vuelta a Colombia, Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 3 & 10 :1st Stage 5 Doble Copacabana Grand Prix Fides ;2007 :2nd Overall 2007 Clásico RCN, Clásico RCN ::1st Stage 3 ;2008 :1st Stage 3 2008 Clásico RCN, Clásico RCN ;2010 :1st Stage 13 2010 Vuelta a Colombia, Vuelta a Colombia References External links * 1979 births Living people Colombian male cyclists Cyclists from Sogamoso 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Sarmiento
José Ismael Sarmiento Riaño (born July 15, 1973 in Cómbita, Boyacá) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia. He was nicknamed "Pocholo" during his career. Major results ;1995 :2nd in Stage 8 Clásico RCN, Tunja (COL) ;1996 :3rd in Stage 3 Clásico RCN, Leona en Tocancipa (COL) ;1998 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Guatemala (GUA) :1st in General Classification Vuelta de Higuito (CRC) ;1999 :3rd in Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia, Zipaquirá (COL) ;2000 :3rd in Stage 2 Vuelta a Boyacà, El Humilladero (COL) ;2001 :2nd in National Championships, Road, Elite, Colombia (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Cundinamarca (COL) :2nd in Prologue Vuelta a Colombia, Popayan (COL) :2nd in Stage 2 Doble Copacabana GP Fides, Viacha (BOL) ;2002 : in Pan American Championships, Road, Elite :3rd in Stage 1 Vuelta a Boyacà, Chiquinquirá (COL) :3rd in Stage 4 Vuelta a Boyacà, Jenesano (COL) :3rd in Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia, Socorro (COL) :3rd in Stage 1 Clásica Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Individual Time Trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ITTs are also referred to as "the race of truth", as winning depends only on each rider's strength and endurance, and not on help provided by teammates and others riding ahead and creating a slipstream. Individual time trials are usually held on flat or rolling terrain, although sometimes they are held up a mountain road (in Italian: ''cronoscalata'' "chrono climbing"). Sometimes the opening stage of a stage race is a very short individual time trial called a prologue (8 km or less for men, 4 km or less for women and juniors). Starting times are at equal intervals, usually one or two minutes apart. The starting sequence is usually based on the finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia, Colombia
Armenia () is the capital of Quindío Department in the South American country of Colombia. Armenia is a medium-sized city and part of the " coffee axis" along with Pereira and Manizales. It is one of the main centers of the national economy and of the Colombian coffee growing axis. As a result, the historic center of Armenia was named as part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. History The city was founded on October 14, 1889, by Jesús María Ocampo, also known as "Tigrero" (translates to "tiger killer") due to his love of hunting jaguars, known locally as tigers. Ocampo came from Anaime, Tolima, looking for shelter in the mountains of Quindío. He paid one hundred pesos in gold coins to Antonio Herrera for the land on which to build a fonda, or trade center, not only for himself but also for other colonists who came from Salento, Antioquia, Manizales, and areas surrounding the Quindío River and La Vieja River. Ocampo then proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira () is the capital city of the Colombian Departments of Colombia, department of Risaralda Department, Risaralda. It is located in the foothills of the Andean natural region, Andes in a coffee-producing area of Colombia officially known as the "Colombian coffee growing axis, Coffee Axis". Pereira, alongside the rest of the Coffee Axis, form part of UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia"."Colombia green guide Michelin 2012-2013." Michelin. 2012. Accessed at Google Books 29 December 2013. It is the most populated city in the Coffee Axis. Pereira is also part of the Central West Metropolitan Area, which has 735.769 residents and is composed of Pereira and the neighboring cities of Dosquebradas and La Virginia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itagüí
Itagüí () is a city and municipality of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population was estimated to be 289,994 in 2020. The population at the 2005 census was 230,272 on an area of 17.74 km2. History Founded in 1743, Itagüí was declared a municipality in 1832. Its name comes from (according to some historians) the name of an indigenous chief, ''Bitagüí''. Two of Itagüí’s most iconic inhabitants include Diego Echavarría Misas and Eladio Vélez. There were two chapels in Itagüí in colonial times; one was in the place of the ''Tablaza'' that had been owned by Bruno Saldarriaga, built with the permission of the Bishop of Popayán, Francisco José de Figueredo (granted December 19, 1743). Saldarriaga, with Francisco Riaza, gave an extension of thirty blocks for expansion. This chapel was what later came to be elevated to the status of paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Álvarez (cyclist)
Oscar Álvarez may refer to: * Óscar Álvarez (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1972), Spanish footballer * Óscar Álvarez (footballer, born 1948) (1948–2016), Argentine football striker * Óscar Álvarez (cyclist) (born 1977), Colombian road cyclist * Óscar Álvarez (footballer, born 1977), Spanish football manager and former centre-back * Óscar David Álvarez (born 1983), Colombian professional golfer * Oscar Álvarez (politician), Honduras Nationalist politician {{hndis, Alvarez, Oscar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ibáñez (cyclist)
José Audelio Ibáñez (born March 14, 1968) is a retired racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1997 to 1998. Born in Tunja, Boyacá Department, Boyacá, he was nicknamed "El Barón Gallero" during his career, because he was born in a Tunja's vereda called "El Barón Gallero". Career ;1992 :1st Stage 10 1992 Vuelta a Colombia, Vuelta a Colombia ;2006 :3rd overall, Vuelta a los Santanderes :1st Stage 5 2006 Clásico RCN, Clásico RCN References * 1968 births Living people People from Tunja Colombian male cyclists Vuelta a Colombia stage winners Cyclists from Boyacá Department 21st-century Colombian people 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graciano Fonseca
Graciano Fonseca Fuken (born September 4, 1974, in Soracá, Boyacá) is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia. In 2005, he won Stage 7 of the Vuelta a Colombia. Major results ;1996 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Guatemala The ''Vuelta a Guatemala'' (Spanish for Tour of Guatemala) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually and typically during late October and early November in several locations in Guatemala. The competition carries a UCI rating o ... (GUA) ;2001 :1st in Stage 13 Vuelta a Colombia, Tunja (COL) ;2003 :1st in Stage 2 Clásica de Fusagasugá, Alto de San Miguel-Sibaté-Canoas-Soacha (COL) :1st in Stage 3 Clásica de Fusagasugá, Fusagasugá (COL) :2nd in General Classification Clásica de Fusagasugá (COL) ;2004 :2nd in National Championships, Road, Elite, Colombia (COL) ;2005 :1st in Stage 3 Clásica de Fusagasugá, Circuito de Fusagasugá (COL) :1st in Stage 1 Vuelta a Boyacà, Sogamoso (COL) :2nd in Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio Ortega (cyclist)
Mauricio Alberto Ortega Ramírez (born October 22, 1980) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for the . Major results ;2002 : 1st Time trial, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Young rider classification Vuelta a Colombia : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Guatemala ::1st Stage 5 : 7th Overall Clásico RCN ;2004 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ;2006 : 1st Stage 4 Clásico RCN ;2007 : 5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;2008 : 2nd Overall Clásico RCN ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;2009 : 1st Overall Clásico RCN : 4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;2011 : 1st Stage 4 Clásico RCN ;2012 : 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ;2013 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 7 ;2014 : 4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia : 6th Overall Vuelta a Guatemala ;2015 : 1st Mountains classification Tour de Beauce : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;2016 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Mountains classification ::1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabaneta, Antioquia
Sabaneta is a municipality of Colombia, located in the Aburrá Valley of the Antioquia department. It is bordered on the north by the municipalities of La Estrella, Antioquia, La Estrella, Itagüí and Envigado, on the east by Envigado, on the south by Caldas department, Caldas, and on the west by La Estrella. It is the smallest municipality in Colombia, with an area of only 15 km2. It is known as the ''Municipio Modelo de Colombia'' ("Model Municipality of Colombia") or the ''Vallecito de Encanto'' ("Charming little Valley"). The municipality owes its name to the diminutive "sabana," a Spanish word meaning "savannah". The population receives an influx of visitors on the weekends because of its reputation for having outstanding entertainment venues. History Sabaneta was initially inhabited by the Anacona indigenous peoples (aboriginals from the other side of the Aná), who settled the eastern slope, starting from the hill of Pan de Azucar. In 1750, Spanish families sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manizales
Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for higher educational institutions. History Manizales was founded on October 12, 1849. The city was founded by a group of twenty Antioquia Department, Antioquians (''The Expedition of the 20''), who came from Neira, Caldas, Neira and Salamina, Caldas, Salamina. Geography Manizales is the capital city of one of the smallest Colombian departments. The city is described as having an "abrupt topography", and lies on the Colombian Central Mountain Range (part of the longest continental mountain range, the Andes), with a great deal of ridgelines and steep slopes, which, combined with the seismic instability of the area, has required architectural adaptations and public works to make the city safer. Even though Manizales has this very di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
